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DoD CIO duties not going to Cyber Command
Duties of the Defense Department chief information officer won't be transferred to Cyber Command, says an undated DOD memo posted online July 5. The memo is signed by Robert Gates, who left the
GAO: DoD space acquisitions threatened by poor oversight
Two acquisitions--Space Fence and the Joint Space Operations Center Mission System (JMS)--that are critical to space situational awareness will begin within 2 years, but face significant and
Takai warns against federal cloud adoption without standardized technology
Moving information technology to a cloud computing environment without first adopting standardized platforms and virtualized environments would damage federal information technology systems, warned
VA, DoD to create common health record platform
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments will develop a joint electronic health record system, merging the capabilities of VA's VistA and DoD's AHLTA platforms. A common system would serve 7.8
New Army CIO undertakes IT consolidation, cleaning
The current budget environment and Defense Secretary Robert Gates' efficiency drive are forcing the Army be smarter when it comes to information technology, said the new Army chief information
Overwrought reactions to Wikileaks
Publication of classified material is not automatically a crime--at least, not in the United States. With that in mind, let's turn to some of the reactions to Wikileak's decision to distribute
SPOTLIGHT: DoD plans to jettison 'gee-whiz' tech weapons
Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined major changes in his proposed defense budgets on Monday, moving the Pentagon away from developing elaborate weapons using high-tech for future warfare, toward
